Where’s the Beef, Tebow?
The Omaha Beef have a job waiting for Tim Tebow if he wants it - and the Nebraska indoor football team will even pay him $75 a game.
A day after Tebow was cut by the New York Jets, the Beef called the office of Tebow agent Jimmy Sexton to offer a standard player contract. Beef assistant general manager Andrew Mather said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect to hear back, but he thought it was worth asking.
The Beef’s current quarterback, James McNear, has led the team to a 5-1 start.
He’s completing 70 percent of his passes and has thrown for 21 touchdowns against just two interceptions.
McNear is anything but insulted by the Beef’s wooing of Tebow. McNear said, “I think Tim can learn a lot from me.”Tebowing out
Brad Dickson of The Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald on the New York Jets releasing Tim Tebow: “At least ESPN executives managed to talk 28 of their reporters from walking off the job in protest.” Red-faced
A Washington, D.C., council member is making a pitch for changing the nickname of the Washington Redskins, but his idea is sure to be the butt of many jokes.
David Grosso’s resolution suggests that the nickname be “Redtails.” He said it would honor the Tuskegee Airmen and allow the team to maintain its fight song and color scheme, with some alterations.
Some suggestions to go along with the proposal are getting a baboon as a mascot and that one of the alterations to the uniform is making the seat of Washington’s pants red.
Laying up
Maybe it’s time to stop asking Jack Nicklaus if he thinks Tiger Woods will break his record of 18 professional major victories.
An answer last week during a Q&A at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in Graniteville, S.C., explains why.
Nicklaus for years has said essentially the same thing. He thinks Woods will break his record, but that Woods still has to do it. Golf week magazine was there when the question came up again. The answer didn’t change - “I still think Tiger will break my record,” he said - except for what Nicklaus tacked on to the end of it.
“If I said anything different, there would be headlines in the newspaper tomorrow,” he said.
Wilson … again?
Dwight Perry of The Seattle Times knows the plot for the NFL’s version of Groundhog Day after the Oakland Raiders picked up former Arkansas Razorback Tyler Wilson (Greenwood) in the draft:
“QB Matt Flynn joins a new team.”
“New team then drafts a rookie QB named Wilson.
“What could possibly go wrong?” Please back up
The New York Giants also grabbed a quarterback in the fourth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, taking Syracuse’s Ryan Nassib to back up Eli Manning.
Giants General Manager Jerry Reese’s hopes for his rookie? “If he doesn’t ever play, that would be great.” Pants problem
Former Arkansas Razorback John Daly (Dardanelle) turned 47 Sunday and Brad Dickson of The Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald doesn’t like where Daly’s heading.
“Scary thing is, he’ll soon be at an age where he’s wearing his orange, purple and magenta striped pants at chest level,” Dickson wrote.
Quote of the day “I’m kind of a big believer in if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema on keeping the SEC’s conference football schedule at eight games.
Sports, Pages 20 on 05/01/2013